13%, if it’s accurate, sounds like a disappointingly low and negative result. I think they need to find better deterrents for this serious problem. Increasing fines is one way of doing that in the short-term if you don’t have any more creative ideas. But the NFL might not want to go out of it’s way to reduce the concussions greatly due to the potential for lost revenues, so I can understand the conservative effort and matching results.

I don’t believe anything Goodell says on the subject. He and the NFL have been hiding/suppressing data for years, and players have been suffering. Goodell knows that the future of the NFL absolutely depends on people believing that the sport does not cause brain injury & CTE.

Correction: Reported concussions are down. Most likely unreported concussions are skyrocketing. I see it every week. Percy Harvin had a concussion against the Saints on the first deive but came back and played and got his again then left with a concussion. The first one was unreported

Should say “reported concussions”. With the focus on concussions these days and players knowing that their job can be taken away by someone cheaper if they miss any time due to injury, I’m sure a lot of players dodged the trainers and didn’t tell anyone about concussions they sustained. It’s a tough situation for the players to be in

Let’s see… Catastrophic knee injury… You walk funny from age 40 on. Chronic CTE/Early onset dementia? Well maybe you alienate your entire family, or just wait for everyone to go out for the day, and hang yourself in a walk in closet. I can see why you’d be worried about knees.

Who gives a sniff about knee injuries.? Protect yourself, respect your opponent, and you can stop knee injuries.